Paul and Nila Dowlearn-Owners of Wichita Valley Nursery. Paul’s recent books, “The Lazy Man’s Garden” and “Touch the Earth” are available at the Nursery, 5314 S.W. Pkwy, Wichita Fall, Texas.

The Sheriff’s Office received 120 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 25 inmates andthree being female in the Archer County Jail.

It was once called the War to End All Wars, but World War I dragged on year after year. Governments were shattered, lives were destroyed, and many more wars came in its wake. But for one moment in 1914, there came a Christmas miracle. The soldiers in the trenches stopped fighting, and for a moment, there was peace on the battlefield. This came to be called the Christmas Truce.

The Archer Public Library wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you to Cheryl & Ronnie Beesinger and Jane Huffman for their donations in memory of Alma Pennartz. Also, thank you to Jane Huffman for her donation in memory of Floyd Hoggins.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3:13-14

Be on the look out for top 10 games of the year in the next edition. 10.

After a tremendous year on the gridiron for all three Archer County schools, these athletes deserve a little extra recognition. Every one of these athletes and their teammates deserve much more recognition and praise than I can give them.